People, mostly Janata Dal (United) workers, queued up to donate samples of their nails or hair, which were then sealed in plastic and tagged. “I am proud of being a Bihari”. He also announced plans to launch an intensive “Take Back Your Words” campaign against the PM for questioning his DNA.
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“Your comments on my DNA at a rally recently has left me and a large section of society deeply hurt. Doubters can get it checked”, the message reads on the red and white envelopes with a biological diagram of the DNA.
“Bihar’s growth rate, performance on social indices like education and health care present a picture which does not show it is a laggard state“, Kumar had said, hitting back at Modi.
Calling Modi’s statements “unfortunate” and “insensitive”, Kumar said that the fight against the Prime Minister would continue until he offered an unconditional apology to the people of Bihar.
The JD-U is simultaneously launching the signature campaign across Bihar to register its protest over the PM’s remarks. He was referring to his constant change of political allegiance. So far as the test of political DNA is concerned, the masses will do in the upcoming elections and submit their report.
Reacting to Nitish’s new move, senior BJP leader Sushil Modi accused him of trying to divert poll campaign from real development issues. Both SuMo and state BJP chief Mangal Pandey maintained that the success of the two “parivartan rallies” addressed by the PM has made them afraid of the future that is receding from Nitish’s hold and, therefore, he has been talking in a demeaning language.
In a blistering attack by the JD(U), Kumar said “Has modi forgotten what happened in Gujarat in 2002? was that a “mungle raj” if Bihar had a “Jungle raj”?Has he (Narendra Modi) also forgotten why the prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee have to give him advice to follow “raj dharma”?”
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Addressing a public meeting in Muzaffarpur district on July 25, Modi had said: “There seems to be some problem in his (Nitish Kumar) DNA because the DNA of democracy is not like that”.
